We did circulate another revision after the Seoul meeting, and then incorporated further comments. Your option now is to vote for or against the Charter as proposed. If the vote fails, then discussion will be reopened for some indefinite period of time until the Officers call for another vote on another version. The fact that a few members are traveling this week is not significant, the Charter has been under discussion for many many months, with the holiday season coming up, there will be no more convenient time for this vote. Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW 548 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 738-8087 http://rodenbaugh.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Ron Andruff Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:20 AM To: 'bc - GNSO list' Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Inquiry: why are we voting in a 7 day voting period? With respect to Liz and Philip, I, like Mikey, understood that we would see v20 when we finished our meeting in Seoul and vote once that was agreed upon. But that is not the real issue. The issue is why are we trying to push through a vote when we agree that we have some minor amendments to finish? Why don't we get that work done; then vote? If I am missing something, please advise. Kind regards, RA Ronald N. Andruff RNA Partners, Inc. 220 Fifth Avenue, 20th floor New York, New York 10001 www.rnapartners.com V: +1 212 481 2820 x 11 F: +1 212 481 2859 -----Original Message----- From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Liz Williams Sent: 2009-11-12 09:03 To: Mike O'Connor Cc: Philip Sheppard; bc - GNSO list Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] Inquiry: why are we voting in a 7 day voting period? Hello everyone Could I make a suggestion that may take us forward? The Charter has indeed been through many iterations. I support the move to a vote now and then hold our elections and then, for the new willing victims, they take only the very few sections that may need amending and do that as their first piece of work once they are in place. For example, we would ONLY look at section 1.x or 3.y that may need amending in the early new year. I suspect that the amendments are small and that we ought not get stuck at the last hurdle. Liz On 12 Nov 2009, at 13:20, Mike O'Connor wrote:
hm. my recollection was that we were going to go through one more round of revisions after Seoul to arrive at V20, and *then* vote. but the meeting minutes are a little vague on this and allow the interpretation that the officers would *draft* version 20 and put it out for a vote.
looks like we have a couple of possible outcomes;
- do one more rigorous review/redraft of the charter, and then put it to a vote (my recollection of the sense of the meeting)
- vote this one up, get new officers installed, and fix the charter after they're in place
either outcome is fine with me.
mikey
On Nov 12, 2009, at 1:19 AM, philip.sheppard@aim.be wrote:
To my knowledge the last 10 years practise has been for a 7 day vote period for all BC votes. Policy paper discussions have been 14 days.
This vote follows more than 7 months of charter discussion and 19 drafts. The Seoul meeting outcome was to proceed directly to a final version and a vote. So members please do vote.
Philip
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